The Twilight War: Chivalry, or war of extermination?

[Matt Wiser]

EPW policy pre-nuclear would be along Geneva lines, though the Soviets signed it, no one knew if the Soviets would go along with it. Shipping prisoners to gulags was what one may have expected. Once the nuclear exchanges end, and things start to break down, there's not going to be a single policy. As Raellus and nate said, there's going to be uses for EPWs kept in captivity (forced labor mainly), but other units might decide to hold them to swap for friendlies, some might just decide to interrogate and release, others ask questions and then shoot, and a few units might just decide not to take any, period.

Female EPWs have, shall we say....other uses, besides forced labor...and leave it at that.

One group of prisoners might find freedom pretty fast: if you recall Escape from Kalisz, one of the nearby communities (Zdunska Wola, IIRC) has a POW compound with 60 or so American POWs from 5th ID. Want to bet that when 4th GTA breaks down, those POWs are going to be released outright, and given their weapons back?